mainstream society

collocation in English

meaningsofmainstreamandsociety

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mainstream
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪn.striːm/us
/ˈmeɪn.striːm/
considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofmainstreamandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Its ' profound differences,' in music style, tone, and costume, were considered alien to the values and lifestyles of themainstreamsociety.
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Vainly hoping to demonstrate by upright living their fitness formainstreamsociety, they clung tenaciously to bourgeois respectability and doctrinal orthodoxy.
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The goal is to reduce assistance costs and to reduce the social separation between the poor andmainstreamsociety.
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As we noted earlier, one reason why some language communities survive is because of their relative social and geographic isolation frommainstreamsociety.
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On the one hand, political developments in the north were redefining relations betweenmainstreamsociety and aboriginal populations, who were now fighting for their rights.
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Generally, at some point between 18 and 23 years of age pandilleros 'mature out' of the gang,54 either integratemainstreamsociety, or else becoming 'tamales' (professional criminals).
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Although being in the shelter offered them a little respite, some felt that their life was 'on hold', they felt uncertain concerning their survival and re-integration intomainstreamsociety.
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One emphasizes cultural confusion or identity difficulty between original and the dominant new culture leading to social disintegration, the other involves the social disadvantage tomainstreamsociety.
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Many jazz musicians have long aspired to gain acceptance tomainstreamsocietythrough the recognition of their music as an art form, worthy of serious and formal study.
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The possibility of ecstatic release promised by rock was seductive to a generation in search of a meaningful alternative to the conformist pressures and values ofmainstreamsociety.
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The 'family' here is not the nuclear family nor is the 'cousin' relationship that is important to the speakers one which would be of much significance to thatmainstreamsociety.
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This exclusivity is not conducive to scholarly development; neither is failing to counter claims of a gendered superiority supported by 'scientific' archaeology that ultimately has filtered intomainstreamsociety.
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They will respond to something out of the ordinary to re-engage inmainstreamsocietyand education.
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Our approach involves a radical long-term programme to help poor and excluded people lift themselves intomainstreamsociety.
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We also support greater involvement ofmainstreamsociety.
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Having been rejected, as they see it, by school andmainstreamsociety, they live in an alternative culture with its own values and taboos.
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Given such support, deafblind people can regain control of their lives and re-entermainstreamsociety.
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It is poverty that reduces their quality of life, disables them and excludes them frommainstreamsociety.
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It was striking how many of them were making a success of life inmainstreamsociety.
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